Engadget has managed to get hold of a very interesting internal presentation slide from Hewlett-Packard which compares Apple's iPad to HP's very own Slate. Since we didn't yet know anything about the Slate's specifications, this one is pretty revealing. While that's interesting in and of itself, the slide is also interesting in that it illustrates so well what sets Apple apart from companies like HP.

Well, I don't use Windows much, only for encrypted wireless. 90% or more of my time is spent in Haiku-OS and that is fast on this system.

This suggests to me that for certain tasks putting another OS on the machine would be worth while.

With usable USB ports, small mice/keyboards will make it work as a net-book, then with even a simple mouse driver to make the screen act like a track-pad simple browsing or viewing the contents of files a snap.